Monthly Archives: May 2016

SAN CARLOS, CA — (Marketwired) — 05/31/16 — Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP) today announced it has once again been positioned as a Leader in the 2016 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Network Firewalls. The new report evaluated…

The crusty headless Conficker worm is the web’s most prolific web threat, says security Check Point. The net menace was the one-time world’s biggest bot worming its way since 2008 through millions of machines across every country in the world,…

The big question: which is better, Android or iOS? With Microsoft continually failing to make Windows Mobile a success, the two big choices in the mobile game are Apple and Google. But since smartphones are such an essential part of…

Flashback to May 2006 American comedian John Hodgman is unwell. Sneezing. Sweating. Actor Justin Long looks on – unimpressed. This was Apple’s memorable ‘I’m a Mac, I’m a PC’ campaign from the mid-Noughties. The dull and stuffy PC and the…

Companies and organizations must be able to first identify all cyberattack patterns in an attempt to develop a reliable protection system for their internet-based operations, an executive from a leading cybersecurity systems company suggested. Speaking to reporters in Jakarta on…

Check Point today published its latest Threat Index, highlighting the most prevalent malware families being used to attack organisations’ networks and mobile devices globally in April 2016. Check Point identified 2,000 unique malware families during April, which was more than…

Image: iStock Image: ZDNet There is rage on the internet, my friends. It’s all about the dreaded replacement cycle that we are facing now. No, I’m not talking about the upcoming presidential election. I’m talking about your PC operating system…

Incidents of Android lockscreen malware masquerading as porn apps are a growing concern to security analysts who are forecasting an uptick in attacks. Once infected, Android users bitten by this malware appear to be locked out of their device and…

The Skype app for Android has just received a new update that brings it to version 7.0. The update from Microsoft brings a new material design for bigger screens, as well as several functionalities. On Thursday, May 26, Microsoft pushed…

There’s a new report out from Bloomberg this week detailing Google’s behind-the-scenes efforts to expedite Android software updates. One of the key measures it notes is a ranking by Google of partner manufacturers based on how up-to-date their devices are in…